I think perhaps you have misunderstood my post. I did not say that I would leave my desk job to become a teacher, but rather I would be willing to leave a few days out of the year to go teach a seminar at a local school.
As a former teacher myself, I know the hard work that goes into teaching. Furthermore, that post was in no way meant to be offensive to those in the teaching field, nor to imply that teaching is easy.
This seems to be an interesting way to address this problem. Of course, certain issues still remain. For instance, how will these people from the industry be paid? (i.e. what incentive does the industry have to send its employees to teach) Perhaps it will work if the companies they are working for can be given a tax write-off...
Personally, I wouldn't mind leaving my desk every once in awhile to go teach a seminar at a high school. For one thing, it would be a great change in pace.
hmmm.. I'm not sure what good a picture would do. I mean, are you going to look at it and think "Wow. that image looks much clearer there than it does on the monitor I have now."
Seems like more often, we evaluate a technology in terms of entertainment value without much regard for its effect on society or the environment
Yes! Yes! Yes! What we really need is a means by which we can evaluate new technology. (i.e. what the implications of the thing are, how it will affect us, etc.) While I realize that we can only "predict" so much, I do think this is something we should seriously think about, rather than blindly accepting it.
Nobody--none of us--have the slightest clue what the next twenty, or ten, years of technology will bring. Okay, I see what you're saying here. None of us really know what's going to happen or how technology will really effect us in the future. --But-- I _do_ think it's important to think about issues such as these. This is something that could radically change our lifestyles. just because we _can_ do it, doesn't mean we necessarily _should_.
I'm with you on this one. Who needs this stuff anyway? Yes, it's possible to network your entire house, but what's the _use_? I can't help but think that this is something that's going to catch on and we won't really think about the consequences until it's too late.
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As a former teacher myself, I know the hard work that goes into teaching. Furthermore, that post was in no way meant to be offensive to those in the teaching field, nor to imply that teaching is easy.
Personally, I wouldn't mind leaving my desk every once in awhile to go teach a seminar at a high school. For one thing, it would be a great change in pace.
hmmm.. I'm not sure what good a picture would do. I mean, are you going to look at it and think "Wow. that image looks much clearer there than it does on the monitor I have now."
hahaha It's not the screen size that matters. It's the way you use it. ;-)
Seems like more often, we evaluate a technology in terms of entertainment value without much regard for its effect on society or the environment
Yes! Yes! Yes! What we really need is a means by which we can evaluate new technology. (i.e. what the implications of the thing are, how it will affect us, etc.) While I realize that we can only "predict" so much, I do think this is something we should seriously think about, rather than blindly accepting it.
Nobody--none of us--have the slightest clue what the next twenty, or ten, years of technology will bring.
Okay, I see what you're saying here. None of us really know what's going to happen or how technology will really effect us in the future.
--But--
I _do_ think it's important to think about issues such as these. This is something that could radically change our lifestyles.
just because we _can_ do it, doesn't mean we necessarily _should_.
I'm with you on this one. Who needs this stuff anyway? Yes, it's possible to network your entire house, but what's the _use_? I can't help but think that this is something that's going to catch on and we won't really think about the consequences until it's too late.